{"product_id":"the-coffin-ship-9781479820535","title":"The Coffin Ship","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice Outstanding Academic Title 2022\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHonorable Mention, Theodore Saloutos Book Award, given by the Immigration and Ethnic History Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA vivid, new portrait of Irish migration through the letters and diaries of those who fled their homeland during the Great Famine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe standard story of the exodus during Ireland’s Great Famine is one of tired clichés, half-truths, and dry statistics. In \u003ci\u003eThe Coffin Ship\u003c\/i\u003e, a groundbreaking work of transnational history, Cian T. McMahon offers a vibrant, fresh perspective on an oft-ignored but vital component of the migration experience: the journey itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBetween 1845 and 1855, over two million people fled Ireland to escape the Great Famine and begin new lives abroad. The so-called “coffin ships” they embarked on have since become infamous icons of nineteenth-century migration. The crews were brutal, the captains were heartless, and the weather was ferocious. Yet the personal experiences of the emigrants aboard these vessels offer us a much more complex understanding of this pivotal moment in modern history. Based on archival research on three continents and written in clear, crisp prose,\u003ci\u003e The Coffin Ship\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes the emigrants’ own letters and diaries to unpack the dynamic social networks that the Irish built while voyaging overseas. At every stage of the journey—including the treacherous weeks at sea—these migrants created new threads in the worldwide web of the Irish diaspora.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eColored by the long-lost voices of the emigrants themselves, this is an original portrait of a process that left a lasting mark on Irish life at home and abroad. An indispensable read, \u003ci\u003eThe Coffin Ship \u003c\/i\u003emakes an ambitious argument for placing the sailing ship alongside the tenement and the factory floor as a central, dynamic element of migration history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cian T. McMahon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48274193678587,"sku":"9781479820535","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_aecb4acd-9c22-4dfe-8a84-0be2ff45fceb.jpg?v=1777695616","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/the-coffin-ship-9781479820535","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}